{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-315.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-315.1","heading":"Storage of firearms to protect minors.","body":"(a)\tAny person who resides in the same premises as a minor, owns or possesses a firearm, and stores or leaves the firearm (i) in a condition that the firearm can be discharged and (ii) in a manner that the person knew or should have known that an unsupervised minor would be able to gain access to the firearm, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if a minor gains access to the firearm without the lawful permission of the minor's parents or a person having charge of the minor and the minor:\n(1)\tPossesses it in violation of G.S. 14-269.2(b);\n(2)\tExhibits it in a public place in a careless, angry, or threatening manner;\n(3)\tCauses personal injury or death with it not in self defense; or\n(4)\tUses it in the commission of a crime.\n(b)\tNothing in this section shall prohibit a person from carrying a firearm on his or her body, or placed in such close proximity that it can be used as easily and quickly as if carried on the body.\n(c)\tThis section shall not apply if the minor obtained the firearm as a result of an unlawful entry by any person.\n(d)\t\"Minor\" as used in this section means a person under 18 years of age who is not emancipated. (1993, c. 558, s. 2; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 11.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER XI. GENERAL POLICE REGULATIONS.","Article 39. Protection of Minors."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-315.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"0c4b9c825e37f5498e3b7d119e831cd95aa8a5d41912f5acdeb52c0a30113a53","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-315","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-315.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}